Philadelphia Inquirer: ‘We want them to know there is something waiting for them.’ Camden students get counseling for life after high school

by Melanie Burney, Philadelphia Inquirer

February 16, 2022 — “A cheer erupted at Woodrow Wilson High School when senior Angel Ramos announced that he had received his second college acceptance and scholarship award.

Ramos, 18, and other Camden public school students are getting one-on-one counseling in the recently launched “12+” center, designed to help them figure out life after high school. An aspiring video gamer, Ramos credits the staff with helping him complete college applications.

”With this program, you’re able to stay on task with everything you need,” said Ramos. “They will help you step by step.”

The district received a $370,000 grant from the Camden Education Fund, a non-profit that is working to improve the city’s troubled public education system, to set up in September the “PLUS” centers at Woodrow Wilson in East Camden and across town at the Camden High School complex in Parkside.”